Word: moralizers
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...incident leads Charlotte to question her moral character relentlessly, and engage in a bender of self-doubt in which she is described, simply as “depressed,” literally dozens of times by an uncharacteristically unimaginative Wolfe. Charlotte also mentally appeals innumerable times to “Mama,” her mother back in Sparta, a maternal figure straight out of the ’50s—the 1850s...
Both the film and its director were often critical in this respect. Bilheimer, who spoke at a Kennedy School screening sponsored by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy on Nov. 18, called for moral outcry—which he clearly believed had been too long in coming—from the citizens of more developed, affluent countries...
...against global terrorism. But extracting this information should not come at the cost of undercutting America’s legitimacy in fighting this war. In the eyes of many Americans, the War on Terror is forever justifiable on the black-and-white grounds that the U.S. is a good, moral nation and the terrorists are bad. And these citizens are not necessarily wrong: Prisoner brutality can never approach the viciousness and nihilism displayed by America’s terrorist enemies. But for many people living in the Middle East and the Muslim world—the very people whose hearts...
...group in its War on Terror. Success depends not on military victory but in persuading other nations and people to cooperate and share information in the interest of mutual security. A lasting solution to global terrorism will only come when America can both eradicate terrorism and unambiguously hold the moral high ground. Incidents like those described in this Red Cross report, then, handicap this country’s ability to defeat terror. Although torturing prisoners may yield some helpful strategic information, it is an indefensible and illegal practice. America’s reputation is weakened every time abuses like these...
...tagline and moral of this movie is “the only glory of war is surviving.” It is this primacy of survival above all else that Fuller learned when he fought his way through World War II, propelling his journey back home and inspiring his life as a filmmaker and crime journalist. Accordingly, his masterpiece has survived him, surpassing its own particular obstacles to complete its own journey and finally arrive on the silver screen in its proper form...